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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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‘Magical’ tech innovations a distraction from real solutions, climate experts warn | Overemphasis on innovation and carbon removal risks distracting from main goal of stopping use of fossil fuels, say (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I have an idea: what if we were to bomb the shit out of countries that are major polluters. We should go to war over the fate of this earth but instead we go to war over the need to execute millions of people so we can get at their oil.

[–] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

We are the major polluters

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So?

[–] Jaded@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There's nobody to bomb and go to war with, we literally just have to stop.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

As they say, the call was coming from inside the house

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